Monty Bowden
Montague Parker Bowden
Born: 1 November 1865, Stockwell, Surrey
Died: 19 February 1892, Umtali (now Mutare), Mashonaland, Rhodesia
Major Teams: Surrey, Transvaal, England.
Known As: Monty Bowden
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Other: Wicket-Keeper
Test Debut: England v South Africa at Port Elizabeth, 1st Test, 1888/89
Last Test: England v South Africa at Cape Town, 2nd Test, 1888/89
Career Statistics:
TESTS
(career)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 2 2 0 25 25 12.50 0 0 1 0
O M R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling - - - - - - - - - -
FIRST-CLASS
(career: 1883 - 1889/90)
M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
Batting & Fielding 86 132 17 2316 189* 20.13 3 7 73 14
Balls R W Ave BBI 5 10 SR Econ
Bowling 75 35 2 17.50 2-7 0 0 37.5 2.80
- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.
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Profile:
Monty Bowden was England's youngest ever Test captain at 23 years
144 days when he took over from C. Aubrey-Smith for the Second
Test of England's first ever tour of South Africa in 1888-89. At the time
these matches had little importance attached to them - so little
in fact that his captaincy was not mentioned in his brief obituary
in Wisden. He debuted for Surrey in 1883, and showed great initial
promise that was never fully realised. A useful right-handed bat
and wicket-keeper, his best season was in 1888, when he averaged
over 30, and played for the Gentlemen against the Players at
Lord's and The Oval, and for the Gentlemen against Australia at
Lord's. He had a good tour of South Africa, despite being run-out
for a duck on his Test debut, and presided over a comfortable win when Johnny
Briggs destroyed the South African batting in his Test as
captain. He enjoyed South Africa so much that he and Aubrey-Smith
stayed on at the end of the tour and set up a stock-broking
partnership. He represented Transvaal in South African
first-class cricket, and made 63 and 126* in the first Currie Cup
challenge match. Shortly afterwards he travelled north to what is
now Zimbabwe with Cecil Rhodes' Pioneer Column, and settled
there. He died in Umtali Hospital - a glorified mud hut where his
body had to be protected from marauding lions prior to being
interred in a coffin made from whiskey cases (DL 2000).
Last Updated: Friday, 16-Aug-2002 15:35:19 GMT
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